Wine and cheese tasting setup with assorted cheeses and glasses of wine on a table

Wine and Cheese Foundation Course


Is your cheddar underwhelmed by your chardonnay? Your blue vein swamped by your viognier? Your brie too busy with your Beaujolais?

Learn how to make confident, considered decisions when pairing wine and cheese and impress your friends and loved ones at your next gathering.

Over two delicious hours, you’ll explore the principles of food and wine matching while tasting six wines expertly paired with four cheeses. Discover why certain combinations sing while others clash, and gain the foundation skills to create harmonious pairings every time.

What’s Included

  • Guided tasting of six wines
  • Sampling of four complementary cheeses
  • Expert instruction on pairing principles

Location & Access

  • Weekday entry via Building A, 555 La Trobe Street, Melbourne
  • Weekend entry via Angliss Restaurant foyer, 550 Little Lonsdale Street
  • Close to Flagstaff & Southern Cross stations; metered and off-street parking nearby

Details

You will learn

  • Fundamental principles of food and wine pairing
  • How to taste and assess wine and cheese combinations
  • How to confidently match six wines with four cheeses

You will get

  • Food and wine pairing notes
  • Hands-on guided tasting experience
  • Six wines and four cheeses to sample

Appropriate for

Wine and cheese enthusiasts, home entertainers, and beginners wanting to understand pairing fundamentals.


Preparation

What to bring

  • Pen for note taking

What to wear

Flat, enclosed rubber-soled shoes required. Long hair tied back and minimal jewellery for food safety.


Your Teacher

William Angliss Institute

William Angliss Institute

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William Angliss Institute is Australia's largest specialist centre for foods, tourism, hospitality and events education and training. From careers in restaurants to leading some of the world's biggest travel brands, you'll find our graduates all over the world.
We pride ourselves on our people who are passionate and dedicated. With long-standing industry ties, they contribute their knowledge and experience in delivering training of the very highest standard.

Highlighting our deep industry connections, 86.3% of employers stated that they would recommend William Angliss Institute (William Angliss Institute of TAFE (3045) 2020 RTO Performance Summary Report, Department of Education and Training, Victoria 2020).

Named Large Training Provider of the Year at the 2021 Australian Training Awards our position as a leader in education has been long standing, building on over 85 years of experience.

We provide training for local and international students based on campus or participating in workplace training. With around 23,000 students enrolling each year, we offer programs including short courses, VET in Schools, accredited traineeships and apprenticeships, certificates, diplomas and advanced diplomas, short courses, graduate certificates, bachelor and master degrees. If you're looking to start your career or advance your position, we have training to suit your needs.

Our main campus in the heart of Melbourne is complemented by a campus in Sydney and offices in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, servicing both metropolitan and regional areas across the country and in every state and territory in Australia.

Internationally we continue to develop program offerings with four joint-venture campuses in China, a Tourism Continuing Education & Training (CET) Centre in Singapore, a partnership in Sri Lanka and two partnerships and a representative office in Vietnam.

We have also earned a strong global reputation through the delivery of innovative training solutions and consultancy services to clients across Australia and abroad, including off-shore project development work with industry, governments and development-aid agencies.

The National Centre for Vocational Education and Training (VET student outcomes 2023, National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 2023) reported:

  • 84.6% of students who completed a course at William Angliss Institute stated that they would recommend us
  • 92.4% of our graduates were satisfied with their training overall (higher than the average for TAFE Institutes in Victoria and TAFE Institutes Australia)
  • 81.5% of course completers received at least one job-related benefit
  • 92.1% of our graduates achieved their main reason for undertaking the training

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